Nearby weekend places

Nearby Weekend Places from Lausanne, Switzerland

Research source-backed public places within weekend reach of Lausanne. The records on this page are planning candidates — not a route planner, not a tourism ranking, not a live schedule, and not a price guide. Verify access, transport, weather, opening status, and seasonal conditions with the official source linked on each record before departure.

Nearby places
16
Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025

What you can reach from Lausanne

Cities and natural destinations already indexed on this site, grouped by measured straight-line distance from the city centre. Distances are geographic, not travel times — check routes and schedules with a transport operator before travelling.

Close to the city

Within 60 km of the city centre, measured in a straight line.

Day-trip distance

Between 60 km and 120 km from the city centre, measured in a straight line.

Weekend distance

More than 120 km from the city centre, measured in a straight line.

Looking for a specific kind of place?

The nature layer groups these same records by what kind of outdoor place each one is — lakes, mountains, forests, beaches, protected areas — and orders them by measured straight-line distance from Lausanne.

Start from your own city

This page helps users research nearby weekend places connected to Lausanne, Switzerland, as a starting point for local-first weekend rest. It is not a route planner, ticket guide, events page, tourism ranking, or live availability source. Records are planning candidates only.

Records do not publish exact distances, travel times, transport schedules, opening hours, ticket prices, restaurant or hotel recommendations, attraction rankings, or live access status. Confirm time-sensitive details with the official park, museum, transport authority, or municipal source linked on each record.

Nearby weekend places from Lausanne

Each card opens an official source where Wikidata lists one, plus links to the connected city, country profile, and the detail page for verified records. Records are unordered and not ranked; verify access and conditions with the official source before departure.

Nearby weekend places from Lausanne

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Bois de Jussy
    Image: Alexey M. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    Bois de Jussy

    Nature area

    Bois de Jussy is a forest reachable from Lausanne as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Bois de la Bâtie
    Image: Babsy / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    Bois de la Bâtie

    Nature area

    Bois de la Bâtie is a forest reachable from Lausanne as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of bois de Sauvabelin
    Image: Gzzz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    bois de Sauvabelin

    Nature area

    bois de Sauvabelin is a forest reachable from Lausanne as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Bois-Mermet
    Image: Gzzz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    Bois-Mermet

    Nature area

    Bois-Mermet is a forest reachable from Lausanne as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Cascade du Dard
    Image: Abaddon1337 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    Cascade du Dard

    Nature area

    Cascade du Dard is a waterfall reachable from Lausanne as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Creux du Van
    Image: Giles Laurent / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    Creux du Van

    Nature area

    Creux du Van is Rocky cirque and nature reserve in the Jura Mountains in canton Neuchatel, north of Lausanne. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of La Dole
    Image: Brücke-Osteuropa / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    La Dole

    Mountain area

    La Dole is Prominent Jura summit at the southwestern end of the range, overlooking Lake Geneva southwest of Lausanne. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Lake Geneva
    Image: kallerna / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    Lake Geneva

    Lake

    Lake Geneva is Large crescent-shaped lake on whose northern shore Lausanne sits, straddling the Swiss-French border to the south. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Mont Tendre
    Image: Auteur: Delley Sébastien Original uploader was Seb65 at fr.wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 1.0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    Mont Tendre

    Mountain area

    Mont Tendre is Highest summit of the Swiss Jura, on the ridge between Lake Geneva and the Vallee de Joux, northwest of Lausanne. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Pissevache
    Image: Christian David / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    Pissevache

    Nature area

    Pissevache is a waterfall reachable from Lausanne as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Risoux
    Image: Earth explorer / Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    Risoux

    Nature area

    Risoux is a forest reachable from Lausanne as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Rochers de Naye
    Image: Simon LEPÊTRE / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    Rochers de Naye

    Mountain area

    Rochers de Naye is Prealpine summit overlooking Lake Geneva near Montreux, east-southeast of Lausanne. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Saut de Brot
    Image: Jag9889 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    Saut de Brot

    Nature area

    Saut de Brot is a waterfall reachable from Lausanne as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Saut du Day
    Image: Pmau / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    Saut du Day

    Nature area

    Saut du Day is a waterfall reachable from Lausanne as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Saut du Doubs
    Image: ALLIOT A & B / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Visual context only.

    Switzerland · Western Europe

    Saut du Doubs

    Nature area

    Saut du Doubs is a waterfall reachable from Lausanne as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

How to use this page

This page is a planning surface. Records do not publish exact distances, travel times, transport schedules, opening hours, ticket prices, restaurant or hotel recommendations, attraction rankings, or live access status.

  • Start with the Lausanne city profile to anchor the location and country context.
  • Compare the nearby place records above against your origin city’s transport and access patterns.
  • Open the detail page for any record marked “Verified source record” to see the official source, Wikidata identity, and visual context.
  • Check the official source linked on each record for current opening, access, seasonal status, and conditions before departure.
  • Use the travel budget calculator for user-entered estimates — the platform does not publish ticket prices, transport schedules, or hotel/flight prices.
  • Confirm route, weather, opening/access status, and costs from official or trusted current sources before departure.

Verification status legend

The status shown on each card reflects the level of source verification: a matched Wikidata identity together with an official URL is shown as verified, an identity match without a confirmed official URL is shown as partially verified, and records not yet matched to a stable identifier are shown as pending review.

Partially verified source record
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Sources and methodology

Nearby weekend places are sourced exclusively from Wikidata — primary identifier (QID), coordinates (P625), and official website (P856) — together with the linked operator (park authority, municipality, heritage body, or UNESCO official page) where Wikidata’s P856 points at it. Records do not publish fixed itineraries, attraction rankings, restaurant or hotel recommendations, event or festival dates, ticket prices, hotel or flight prices, opening hours, transport schedules, exact travel times, exact distances, weather forecasts, crime rates, or any “best” / “must-see” / “safest” / “cheapest” claims. Verify access, opening times, weather, health, and safety details with the official source linked on each record before departure. Read the scoring methodology for how structured indicators are constructed, and the data sources registry for the official publishers cited across the platform.

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